My maternal grandmother, who I call "Nonna" is a master of crocheting - and many other things including the card game UNO. Over the years, she has kept the family warm with her homemade blankets, sweaters, hats, and scarves. She came from Chervinara, Italy when she was 18 years old. Here, in the Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, she met my granfather, Alfredo, and started a family.